Thursday, March 27, 2008

Sperm meets egg

We got an update today - of the 13 eggs that were retrieved, 12 were mature. Of the 12 eggs that were mature, 7 fertilized normally. So now we have 7 little zygotes sitting in the lab! :) That's a relief! 7 is good - hopefully we'll have at least one or two for transfer then...and do I dare even hope for a few to freeze??

I'm still recovering from the egg retrieval. I had 2 days of bedrest - yesterday and today. I just feel kind of sore and a bit crampy around my ovaries, but nothing bad. Tomorrow we're planning on going out a bit, but nothing that requires too much walking.

So the billing lady finally faxed the IVF codes to our insurance. I called our insurance again today and she said she had to look for it then would call me back on the status...

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About Me

I'm 27 & my husband is 33, and we are ready to have our first child. When I tested positive for Incontinentia Pigmenti, a rare genetic disease, we knew that our children would need a little help to get started. After doing research, we found that we would have to do a PGD - Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis - on our embryos in order to be sure of not passing on the disease to our children. I wanted to read about other people's experiences going through the same procedure, but when I googled, I didn't find much. So, I decided to write a blog myself. I hope this helps other future parents that are planning to go through this procedure. If you have any questions for us, feel free to leave a comment and I'll get back to you.